Recommended Toys For 3 Year Olds

Put forward (someone or something) with approval as being suitable for a particular purpose or role

(recommend) push for something; "The travel agent recommended strongly that we not travel on Thanksgiving Day"

(recommend) commend: express a good opinion of

(recommend) make attractive or acceptable; "Honesty recommends any person"

toys

(toy) plaything: an artifact designed to be played with

(toy) a nonfunctional replica of something else (frequently used as a modifier); "a toy stove"

(toy) dally: behave carelessly or indifferently; "Play about with a young girl's affection"

An object for a child to play with, typically a model or miniature replica of something

An object, esp. a gadget or machine, regarded as providing amusement for an adult

A person treated by another as a source of pleasure or amusement rather than with due seriousness

year

The time taken by a planet to make one revolution around the sun

The period of 365 days (or 366 days in leap years) starting from the first of January, used for reckoning time in ordinary affairs

the period of time that it takes for a planet (as, e.g., Earth or Mars) to make a complete revolution around the sun; "a Martian year takes 687 of our days"

A period of the same length as this starting at any point

a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days; "she is 4 years old"; "in the year 1920"

a period of time occupying a regular part of a calendar year that is used for some particular activity; "a school year"

olds

A data set on direct access storage that contains the log records written by DBCTL. When the current OLDS is full, IMS continues logging to a further available OLDS.

Olds was a provincial electoral district in Alberta, Canada. The district was mandated to return a single member to the Legislative Assembly of Alberta from 1909 to 1963. The district was combined with the Didsbury electoral district to form Olds-Didsbury.

3

A performance appraisal, employee appraisal, performance review, or (career) development discussion is a method by which the job performance of an employee is evaluated (generally in terms of quality, quantity, cost, and time) typically by the corresponding manager or supervisor .

three: the cardinal number that is the sum of one and one and one

three: being one more than two

Comic Book Stores

(Art from my comic strip, Holiday Out)

Suspended Animation Classic #223
Originally published April 4, 1993 (#14)
(Dates are approximate)

Comic Book Stores
By R. A. Jones

For months now, we’ve been telling you how you can find some of the titles we recommend in “comic book specialty stores”. But, we’ve never really delved into just what sort of stores these are, or what you can expect to encounter in them.

If you’re not at all familiar with these types of book stores, it’s really not surprising. As a general rule, such stores did not exist until about twelve years ago. Today, by most estimates, there are at least 3,000 of them sprinkled across America. For the purpose of this column, we’ll use as our model the largest comics shop located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The first and most obvious question is: how do I find one of these stores? The answer is just as obvious: you turn to the Yellow Pages of the telephone directory. The first listing you should check is “Comic Books and Items”. If you don’t find it there, try “Book Dealers – Retail” and “Book Dealers – Used and Rare”.

So diverse have these specialty shops become, however, that you would also find our model under at least three other listings: “Baseball – Sports Cards and Memorabilia”, “Games and Game Supplies” and “Posters”.

These listings also partially answer the next question: what will I find in one of these stores? Its very name tells you that hundreds of comic book, both new and old, will be offered. But, take a look at what else you will find in our particular model store:

Not all comic book specialty stores are this large or diverse, of course. But each has something to offer besides just comics. Feel free to enter and browse as long as you like – you may find something surprising.

For months now, we’ve been telling you how you can find some of the titles we recommend in “comic book specialty stores”. But, we’ve never really delved into just what sort of stores these are, or what you can expect to encounter in them.

If you’re not at all familiar with these types of book stores, it’s really not surprising. As a general rule, such stores did not exist until about ten years ago. Today, by most estimates, there are at least 3,000 of them sprinkled across America. For the purpose of this column, we’ll use as our model the largest comics shops located in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

The first and most obvious question is: how do I find one of these stores? The answer is just as obvious: you turn to the Yellow Pages of the telephone directory. The first listing you should check is “Comic Books and Items”. If you don’t find it there, try “Book Dealers – Used and Rare”.

So diverse have these specialty shops become, however, that you would also find our model under at least three other listings: “Baseball-Sports Cards and Memorabilia”, “Games and Game Supplies” and “Posters”.

These listings also partially answer the next question: what will I find in one of these stores? Its very name tells you that thousands of comic books, both new and old, will be offered. But, take a look at what else you will find in our particular model store:

Not all comic book specialty stores are this large or diverse, of course. But each has something to offer besides just comics. Feel free to enter and browse as long as you like – you may find something surprising.